The cryptic musical logic of CALAMITY might be recognizable from Cohen's past projects (both Deerhoof and Natural Dreamers), but this record is brimming over with what was only hinted at before. The singing and lyrics have at last brought The Curtains vision into a clear and recognizable focus. The enigmatic mood and seemingly unfounded optimism of The Curtains' music have never been so sharply contrasted, and the sounds and playing (CALAMITY is self-produced and almost entirely performed by Chris) have never been so uncompromisingly personal and eccentric. Casually veering from melodic pop ballads ("Go Lucky" and "Old Scott Rd." ) to unclassifiable stylistic mish-mashes ("Invisible String" and "Calamity") to unabashed bubble-gum and garage punk ("Green Water" and "Fell On a Rock") to mysterious and brooding art-song ("Roscomare"), CALAMITY continues the Curtains' project of poker-faced genre disobedience. But this time Chris's singing and newly discovered interest in song form has pushed to the Curtains music to a new level of immediacy - on CALAMITY The Curtains have become what they've always hinted that they really were and in fact, it's almost a whole new band.

1. Go Lucky
2. Green Water
3. Wysteria
4. The Thousandth Face
5. World's Most Dangerous Woman
6. Tornado Traveler's Fear
7. Roscomare
8. Old Scott Rd
9. Calamity
10. Invisible String
11. Brunswick Stew
12. Fell On A Rock & Broke It
13. Spinning Top